indecision that they saw, that he had ordered this and then pulled back. a number of people i spoke to said it's not a really strong position to come from. and it looks weak. it looks indecisive. and it is not the image that they wanted to project into the world. >> my hope, fantasy, it's pure fantasy, would be the one area where he's not a loose cannon is the area where you waouldn't wat to be a loose cannon. at the end of the day is this a bully is this sn kind of scared at the end of the day. >> the first thing i'll say is he looks totally strong and very in charge and there's no need for military action because he's the kind of guy that can stumble into escalation. but trump has a certain street intelligence. beyond all the optics. i mean, i'm sure he's trying to get fitted for a six-star uniform right now, wartime optics. but he knows that if you start one of these escalation chains you no longer control it very well. so his world could get sucked into something else. in a military challenge where